Supposed to be a restaurant but it is what it is. Hopefully we can go forward in making sure these murals will stay protected. Thank you. Thank you. Linda. First i would like to crate you. Felt very honored, i would say, when i heard we were voted the best in the usa. I perform in parks all over the country, is it true. On a yalerly basis from new york to the bay down to a city called l. A. Over to dallas and new orleans is it true. Up to aspen and boulder too. I see many, many children every year, you see. I always cant wait back to my home by the bay. Yes, i think our parks are number one, by the way. Im here to talk about the holidays, is it true. Once again it is the time of year for the elves to arrive in union square two. I will be there, yes, sir, siree. I hope to see all of your smiling faces, you see. Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to make general Public Comment . Being none, general Public Comment is closed. We are on item five, the consent calendar. Is there
Francisco police chief corneleous murphy who died in august at the age of 84. Major Dianne Feinstein appointed him in 1980 less than a year after the riots following the Involuntary Manslaughter conviction of dan white who gunned down mayor gasconi and harvey milk. Leslie led the city through many years including many big scandals. Reporter murphys six years as chief was born from turmoil. He took over for reign, fell from political grace after the dan white riots. Murphy came in as a cops cop. The famous sex party at a restaurant, there were questionable Police Practices with a raid. And a mock raid into a fifth grade classroom followed by swift reorganize nay reorganization. The thing that i look at is the negatives actually turned positive to make differences in the department that we wanted to do. We took those and used them as opportunities and weve been doing fairly well for the last six to eight months now. Reporter murphy says theres been some high points. The democratic conven
Purview of the Arts Commission so the community is invited to participate in those Public Meetings with the Arts Commission. In addition the department will hold an Additional Community meeting to get public input on the exterior of the building. Here is another image showing the appearance of the building from the main entrance, and heres an image showing the possible backside of the building which also needs to be equally interesting as the front side of the building. And again this image shows the Overall Concept of what the building could end up looking like. Staff recommendation is approved and i am available for questions. Do you want to go to Public Comment . Lets go to Public Comment. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Yes. Please come forward. Good afternoon commissioners, general manager, phil ginsburg. I would like to draw your attention to the restrooms at the end of page street and meets Golden Gate Park. There is a restroom there if anybody would care to do the ma
Today marks the beginning. A recreation of community and hope. A recreation of opportunity. We need simply this. You come, if you like this park. That you show the world when you invest in people that it matters. That concludes the general managers report. Although i believe commissioner lowe. Thank you, mr. President. I want to compliment the staff and department on putting together a Citizens Advisory Committee for the palace of fine arts. Being involved it is a very vibrant and vocal process. It encourage all to attend the Public Meetings on december 5th and december 12th. Theres a lot of creative and great ideas coming out of the process. I encourage all to attend. Thank you. Ditto that remark. That is right. Lets move on. Public comment. I have three cards. George wooding, Katherine Howard and andrea oleri. Good morning commissioners. My name is george gooding. I represent the college for San Francisco neighborhoods. I would like to speak for a moment. Now that the election propos
During the graduation ceremony, all eight grow up in neighborhoods where there was no exposure to the outdoors. All eight spoke with great passion of how important this program was and how they want to devote their lives, their careers professional careers to helping welcome both their peer and younger adults to the outdoors and give them the same exposure and training. It was touch a touching event and such a poignant reminder of work we do. We were truly honored to have been a partner in the endeavor. Now, without further adieu, jamie. This month in parks. [ indiscernible ] this comes out of a 2. 5 Million Investment through a 2008 parks and safety bond. Corrects the access and updates landscaping and makes an open space open for more use. This was concrete now sand. This is a great example. I cant wait to climb and shoot baskets with some of the kids from Shalom School as well. This is one of the great examples of our citys resources really helping to make our city more lovable. Tod